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    • August 23, 2009

    Stop

    — srikanth @ 11:59 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1251071987 ) Play

    This phrase originated on this globe (created sometime in the early 1500s).

    It has, since, become quite popular, especially in the geek world where it’s used almost everywhere ranging from undocumented code to online mapping communities to famous webcomics.

    What phrase?

    (Late question is laaaaate. This will stay up for 12hrs longer!)

    Cracked by Logik , udupendra , Raghuvansh , AmK , madhur , Rogi , Dibyo , Chaitanya , krudebox , shrik , Rahul , vijay , joe , varuns88 , Gurupad , darthshak , Mo and Aparna

    Answer:

    The phrase “Here be dragons” appeared on the Lenox globe to denote areas of a map that were uncharted. It’s been picked up in pop culture everywhere ranging from OpenStreetMaps to XKCD.

    22 Responses to “Stop”

    1. Logik Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 10:40 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251110401 )

      Here be dragons. nice question.

      		Logik

    2. udupendra Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 10:53 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251111226 )

      Here be Dragons.

      		udupendra

    3. Raghuvansh Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 11:09 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251112142 )

      HC SVNT DRACONES. And translations thereof.


    4. abhijeet Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 11:22 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251112926 )

      lenox


    5. AmK Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 12:54 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1251118478 )

      Here be dragons! The globe is the Hunt-Lenox Globe.


    6. madhur Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 2:56 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1251125814 )

      Hic Sunt Anthropomorphic Dracones aka Here be dragons..

      		madhur

    7. Rogi Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 6:15 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1251137703 )

      Here be Dragons.


    8. Dibyo Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 6:27 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1251138434 )

      hic sunt dracones

      latin for ‘here be dragons’

      		Dibyo

    9. Chaitanya Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 8:52 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1251147138 )

      Here be dragons


    10. krudebox Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 9:42 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1251150173 )

      Here there be (anthropomorphic) dragons.

      The Lenox Globe (in pic) said it in Latin. “HC SVNT DRACONES”.


    11. shrik Says:
      August 24th, 2009 at 10:52 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1251154367 )

      “Here be dragons”, which appears on the Lenox Globe. And OpenStreetMap. And the XKCD map of online communities.

      		shrik

    12. Rahul Says:
      August 25th, 2009 at 1:43 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251164614 )

      Here be Dragons? The phrase used to denote empty areas of a map


    13. vijay Says:
      August 25th, 2009 at 2:11 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251166310 )

      here be dragons


    14. joe Says:
      August 25th, 2009 at 4:00 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251172826 )

      Here be dragons


    15. varuns88 Says:
      August 25th, 2009 at 4:05 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251173143 )

      Here be dragons!

      		varuns88

    16. Gurupad Says:
      August 25th, 2009 at 5:40 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251178820 )

      here be anthropomorphic dragons

      		Gurupad

    17. abhishek chakraborty Says:
      August 25th, 2009 at 6:45 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251182720 )

      Anthropomorphism


    18. darthshak Says:
      August 25th, 2009 at 7:29 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251185372 )

      Here be dragons


    19. Mo Says:
      August 25th, 2009 at 9:58 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251194295 )

      Here be anthropomorphic dragons?


    20. Aparna Says:
      August 25th, 2009 at 11:04 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251198267 )

      Here be dragons??


    21. Ananth Says:
      August 25th, 2009 at 11:38 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251200286 )

      anthropomorphic dragons?

      		Ananth

    22. Rithwik K Says:
      August 26th, 2009 at 2:26 am, GMT +0000 ( 1251253598 )

      Here be dragons!


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